Milton and the Devils Party – What Is All This Sweet Work Worth?
Milton and the Devils Party – What Is All This Sweet Work Worth?
What Is All This Sweet Work Worth?, the first album from Philadelphia’s Milton and the Devils Party, combines lyrical complexity with powerful pop hooks. But this is no snotty adolescent parade of undergraduate pseudo-intellectualism. Sharp and catchy, this CD deserves a broad audience.
mangansis
2592 days ago
Clarification: I don’t, in fact, think that these riffs are directly referential. Not that I mind that much: half the fun of some bands is figuring out where you’ve heard it before, what constitutes the pastische. It’s part of the postmodern game. In MATDP, there are two guitarists of different–well, flavors, I guess. And there’s quite a curious and productive back-and-forth which is evocative of a lot of different pop (and straight rock, and alternative), but not directly referential. It’s Modernism, not Postmodernism. At least, that’s what I hear.